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Voc Lambda The Economist Flashcards

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To be offset

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Etre compensé / Etre contrebalancé

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To harry (politicians)

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Tourmenter / Harceler / Faire chier continuellement

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Mainstream

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Idée du courant principal, général donc ordinaire

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To be poised (to)

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Etre prêt à

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Secouer / bousculer / agiter une région

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To rattle a region

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Etre sévèrement critiqué / Semoncé / Fustigé

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To be lambasted

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Contre toute attente / En dépit de toutes les contraintes

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Against the odds (of extreme contraints par ex)

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Dépérir, s’étioler (Un accord ou des relations)

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To wither

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Alarmiste

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Scaremongering

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To Shell out

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Payer / Débourser (Souvent dans le sens hésite pas à dépenser)

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To bow out

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Se retirer / Tirer sa révérence

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Etouffer un scandal

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To stifle a scandal

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Significations de FOR

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  • ->Pour
  • ->Depuis
  • ->Car
  • ->En dépit
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Significations de : For + Nom

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En dépit de

For all his kindness, he was trapped

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Pavement

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Chaussée / Trottoir

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To loiter

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Flaner / Vagabonder

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A scholar

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Un universitaire / Un savant / Un érudit

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china

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Porcelaine

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Trunk

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Coffre / Tronc / Malle

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Une poignée

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A handle

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A crate

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Une caisse / Un cageot

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To prompt to

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Inciter à / Inviter à

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A bully

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Une brute / Un voyou

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Avec le temps / Au fil du temps

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Over Time

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Au départ / Au début / D’abord

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At first

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Swingeing

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Drastiques / Considérables

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Droits de douanes

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Tariffs

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Freiner (la consommation des gens ce contexte)

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To dampen

–>Attention peut aussi vouloir dire Atténuer / Amortir (reste contexte économique)

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Stringent

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Strictes

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Position dominante

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Commanding position

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Snap up

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Sauter sur / Arracher / Saisir

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To prompt somebody

Ex : His teacher prompted him

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Rafraîchir la mémoire de qqun

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Ripe

Idiomatique : The time was ripe FOR

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mûre

Le temps était venu de

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Reflate

FAUX AMIS

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Regonfler (l’économie)

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To Hobble

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Entraver / Mettre des bâtons dans les roues

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Benchmark

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Référence / Critère / Repère

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Idiomatique : The lion’s share

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La majeure partie de …

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Etre obsédé par

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to become obsessed WITH

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Se réconforter de

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To take solace FROM

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Solace

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Réconfort

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Blanchiment d’argent

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Money-laundering

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Browbeaten (into)

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Intimidé (dans le sens de dissuadé, s’utilise pour entreprises avec Trump)

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Daunting

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Intimidant / Redoutable

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A handful of

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Une poignée / Quelques …

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Erect

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Eriger, construire, dresser

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Cross-border-supply-chain

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Cross-border-supply-chain

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Attorney-general

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Ministre de la justice (US je crois)

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Wane

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Décliner / Diminuer / Décroître

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Spate

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Recrudescence / Série

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To seize

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Saisir / S’emparer de

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Récolter les fruits de

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To reap the rewards of

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To wobble

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Osciller / Remuer / Chanceller

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Pare-brise

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Wind-screen

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In Smithereens

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En miettes / 1000 morceaux

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Hinge

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Gond

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Avoir un pneu crevé

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To have a flat tyre

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Ressemblance

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Likeness

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Cave

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Cellar

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Grenier

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Attic

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To lodge

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Se coincer / Se hisser / Se loger

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To toss out / To discard

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Balancer / Bazarder / Jeter à la poubelle/ Virer

Peut s’employer pour les mesures d’Obama et Trump

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To squander

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Dilapider / Gaspiller

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To double down

Ex : to double down on clean energy

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Mettre les bouchés doubles sur

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To stiffen

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Devenir solide / Devenir faible / Se tendre / Renforcer / Raffermir

Anglais ECS '' (7 decks)

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